Headed for Roanoke, NS 126 breaks the silence of Rural Retreat, Virginia on the former NW Bristol to Radford mainline. You could hear this train easily 10 minutes before the lights rounded the cur... (more)

I didn't catch the number of this Eastbound mixed freight which is just about to crest the rather unspectacular highest point on the railroad, just a few feet to my right. SD40s and C30-7s sounde... (more)

Working hard to reach the rather unspectacular summit of the grade just east of town this train fetched me from my work at my son's greenhouse for a little break. Ya gotta set your priorities.

The Rural Retreat Depot is a historic railroad station at 105 Railroad Avenue in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Built c. 1870, it is one of the oldest railroad stations in Southwest Virginia, and one of... (more)

NS 278 thunders past the depot at Rural Retreat just before midnight with about 11k feet of train in tow. One of my all time favorite railroad photographers, O. Winston Link inspired this image... (more)

Heritage Retreat: NS 1071, the Central of New Jersey Heritage Unit, leads manifest 14Z eastbound along the NS Pulaski District, as it works its way toward Roanoke for a crew change.

Union Pacific 1988 passes by the Rural Retreat depot with NS 13Z.

The NW heritage unit leads NS 288 east through Rural Retrat, VA on the Pulask district.

Just a few hundred feet short of the Appalachian summit, at a slow but determined Run 8 pace, two brand new rebuilds one hundred numbers apart are looking good as they approach the friendly rural ... (more)

The Erie heritage unit leads NS 201 westbound through Rural Retreat, Va on the Pulaski District.

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit works as the DPU on the rear of train 23G seen here passing several rail cars being used at a local industrial park. This train will proceed on and meet a westbound... (more)

NS 8029 sits on the siding at Duncan, working today as DPU on NS 23G, with snow-covered farmland painting the background.

A fully restored former Norfolk and Western caboose, sits across the street from the Depot that is currently being refurbished in the town of Rural Retreat. Taken just several days after winter st... (more)

On a crystal clear December evening, Norfolk Southern's intermodal train 23G roars through the countryside of Rural Retreat Virginia bound for Norfolk. This is one spot along the Pulaski District ... (more)

Framed by the natural landscape and a fallen down fence, Norfolk Southern's 38Q roars through the rolling hills of Rural Retreat Virginia negotiating the 9,020ft long siding that runs from Duncan ... (more)